Sick of eBay? Try these alternative places to sell...

I had the same problems as everybody on this site.I've been selling on ebay for a while now with a 100% feedback rating and 59 Stars.I put some authentic beats by dre headphones that I bought from Monster and Gucci belt that was authentic,but eBay removed them for possibillity of being counterfeit.Also I put a bottle of authentic Thierry Mugler Alien on eBay but the item was removed by the request of Clarins because it couldn't be imported into Europe.So eBay told me they aren't comfortable with my selling practices,and I could no longer sell on eBay..I called the customer service in China,and they weren't going to change it.I ask them if I send in receipts and authentication papers then will they reopen my account,and they said no.So if you sell anything high end you better have a receipt or some kind of paperwork proven the authenticity or your account will be closed.In my opinion this shit didn't start until they got that new CEO,Donohue.Also you better take a picture of your paperwork and place it on eBay along with the product;otherwise,you will suffer the same faith as everyone else.

My account was suspended too after 12 months with 98% positive feedback, 166 positive feedbacks and 2 negative. One item was out of stock refund the customer immediately and advised her item out of stock yet she left a negative feedback and eBay uphold it and also a customer that read clearly on my listing that dispatch time is 8 to 10 working days after a week the buyer opened a case even though i advised him it has been posted and that this is still within the dispatch time and the next week the customer received the item but had already left a negative feedback for me and eBay never did nothing about it. After this eBay will set your account performance to below standard and the other thing is if a buyer has anything against you they don't even need to buy your item they just need to commit to buy your item and not pay you but leave a negative feedback and eBay will not investigate if the person genuinely had bad experience or they are just being spiteful. I have not seen a hopeless company being run by bunch of fools who knows nothing about business and customer service, their customer service is shocking representatives who need to be trained. Never seen anything so rude. Bear in mind they tell sellers to provide excellent customer service which is total opposite to what eBay provide its own customer it's a joke! HAHA!! I believe sellers that left eBay can start a revolution if we all migrate to a website that does selling because the number of people that I have read complaining about eBay is staggering moving in mass and inviting one or two sellers. Word of mouth is you weapon and no company is bigger than its customer so you can either use your word of mouth or just keep mourning. Am sure there are still sellers that will be leaving eBay daily so if all can come together and start something it will be good..... just my insight.

I was kicked off feebay with 99.8% positive feed back of over 15,000. I was paying these idiots $800.00 per month and almost all of the few bums that gave me negative feedback had been kicked off. I opened a new eBay account in my minor kids name and bank account and the idiots never caught on.You can sell on www.bonanza.com and it cost nothing unless you sell. They will transfer your feebay listings and feedback to their site and they will still remain on feebay. I direct my customers on eBay to my bonanza site.

Got kicked off eBay after 8 years and over 4100 positive feedback and no way to appeal. any tricks to get back on? I was told if you change bank, credit card number, email address and even new address you might go thru but I got caught on the social security number. Any ideas..

I've been with eBay a while and PayPal. I've tried to close accounts but eBay won't allow me as have pending issues as sold few items sent recorded delivery and guess what the buyers not recieved items yet I've got proof that I've sent them and been signed for so I'm out of pocket a number of times as they've had the items plus the money back and I've been charged eBay seller fees PayPal fees but luck has it I've managed to remove all bank accounts so can't take anymore money from me. As with people saying not received yet got proof and sent to eBay to show that I've sent it and it's been received eBay still favored the buyer which to me is wrong as had all the proof they had asked for yet still wanted me to give them a full refund plus extra for all the trouble that had caused. This is so wrong as mainly sell items now and then and PayPal can't believe take money from you as sold few items on Facebook and the person has paid through PayPal as charged the person £8 which she sent but guess what I only received I think was only £7 something so in reality if you want a price for something u need to asked for more just to get the price you want.

Hoping I can help everyone out a little. I do sell on eBay & wish to find an alternative. I always search & there are plenty of free sites but, the number of sales are terribly low. Wensy.com - eBid.net - webstore.com are a few free sites. I joined 2 of them & have 1000s of sales on Wensy. However, this is over a 2 year+ period & that consisted of sports cards for 1-25 cents and a bit more. Some $2-3 sales here & there. In reality, there are no good alternatives. Not for free, anyway. Besides, I still use PayPal on those sites. I would drop eBay in a heart-beat if I could sell elsewhere. Kijiji is another choice. Ir is free ads. Mainly local pick-ups. I do offer to mail items. I think I mailed 3-4 sales through Kijiji. eBid has millions of auctions & seems active, with sellers but, not with buyers. Buyers stay with eBay simply because they pay 0 fees. No reason for them to leave. I think people on free sites offer better deals. Why don't buyers realize this? Anyway, good luck to all! Personally, I think sales online, even with eBay, have hit on hard times. I believe only about 10-20% of my auctions do sell on eBay. Cheers!

Where are the buyers? Ebay charges like 15% of your total. I have bought over 30K watches + 5 cars from them, never again, you go to resell, you get 25% of your money back. I now keep one watch and one camera (down from 300) and have no interest in this stuff. vacations, restaurants are more important. also no more 5 cars; just one to keep for the next 10 years. so you multiply this by 50 and you can see a Massive drop in eBay sales; buyers are fed up. I resold a lot of myself and going back, it was Amazing how many people who bought are "no longer a registered user'. I'm not either. the whole online buying thing is just stupid and its OVER.

I think that it is good to give good info to people who are trying to start a business online with out having to give them the first up sell value and trust is a better start for people to get to know you. Good job, I would say.

I just like to sell bits and pieces I no longer require... I listed two bags that were copy lv and Gucci bags and stated so because I was honest with the potential buyer they cancelled my listing... There are some people out there who can't afford the real thing and are happy buying a replica.. If I had been dishonest and list the bag for $1800 with a photo of the serial number they probably would have listed it.. Goes to show eBay makes people dishonest... It used to be a fantastic site no wonder people are not using it anymore... Hopefully people will go elsewhere and eBay will cease to exist..

I have used evil bay for about 12 years now and have bought and sold hundreds upon hundreds of items. The paypal/evilbay company has completely turned me off and I deleted both accounts. I love how eBay forces you to use PayPal so they can charge additional fees for the service as well as sellers fees. It is like legal extortion. The continuous "holds" they have placed on my PayPal account was the final straw. They "customer service" (I have to laugh at that title) was no help at all. I was told that I had done nothing wrong and they gave me a lame excuse as to why my payments were being held again for 21 days. It sounds like they just want to hold a persons funds to gather interest . Both evil bay and pay not my pal have become criminal institutions of excess greed. I piss on both companies and will never use either again.

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Yes, we need a new alternative to eBay! So glad I found this blog but where do we go from here.

I wanted to mention 2 other places that are not on here, Addoway and Bonanza, though they too are slower and don't generate as many sales. I spend seven days a week right now mostly selling on eBbay. I do everything right as eBay wants me to do and have almost always been a Top-Rated seller since I started. Well I had some buyer purchase 5 items from me on a combined invoice, and days later she still had not paid, so I sent her a very friendly reminder (it was right before Christmas) that if she wanted to receive her items in time for Christmas there was only a day left to pay, and that I would give a free priority upgrade on shipping for her since she bought so many items. She took the priority upgrade and then when she got the items gave me positive feedback but low star ratings on shipping- even though I gave her the free upgrade & everything. She must have been upset about the reminder message- but had I not reminded her she would not have gotten them in time for the holidays! So her low star ratings were basically a passive aggressive way to be mean to me for a reason I am not even sure of. I contacted her and she won't even reply- Well the thing is now, even though Ebay supposedly only counts feedback where there are multiple items being bought at once as one feedback score, they are counting all 5 of the low stars against me and taking away my Top-Rated seller status :( And the thing that gets me, she gave the lowest stars on the shipping- which is what is causing my TR to be taken away- and I gave her a FREE priority upgrade!!! The amount she paid was right about what it had costed me. I hate the fact that eBay treats their sellers this way and some idiot buyer like this can cause all kinds of hard work to almost be for nothing. eBay is now going to double my fees which are already hundreds of dollars a month for who knows how long :( 4 of the items I actually had given her free shipping on, I only charged the base priority rate and no per item charge, but since it's combined eBay won't take that into consideration either! It's just not right. So basically this is my warning to anyone who is THINKING about trying to sell on eBay- Don't do it! Don't get yourself sucked into it... I am sucked into it now and it's too late. Try other alternatives. There is way more bad than good. I am now thinking of ways I can try to break away from them, but it's easier said than done...

This blog has been an eye-opener. Thanks for all the information. I'll re-think where I want to list and buy in the future.

I've been buying and selling on eBay for well over 12 years, with well over 20,000 transactions as a seller, and over 13,000 as a buyer (for resale purposes), and I can tell you firsthand that the deck is stacked in eBay's favor, as well as for the buyer. eBay doesn't care about it's sellers anymore. They stopped caring years ago. Plus the fees make it tough to make any money unless you are specialized. Craigslist is ideal for day-to-day stuff. I've bought and sold a bunch there too. Until just recently I had a 100% positive FB rating too, but some idiot decided to ruin that, and refused to revise the FB, even after I offered a refund. I'm working four jobs, seven days a week, 12+ hours a day; have been for some time since my wife (now ex-wife) left, and rely upon my reputation and the 'net to pay my bills and keep my house out of foreclosure. Quite a few around me have gone down too; it's tough to make it these days. Can't get a refi because of the property value decline, so I'm stuck with a high-interest rate, thanks to no fault of mine. eBay doesn't make things easier with it's selling policies either. They banned some items that I used to be able to sell there. At least I was able to buy my parents a new place to live, as theirs was falling apart, literally. Guess the hard work and long hours is worth it, but I am looking for other venues, as I too am sick of eBay!

Glad I stumbled upon this site. Thanks to everyone for all the alternative sites listed.

I have items I've wanted to sell (Christmas, mostly) and kept putting off setting them up on eBay.

I despise PayPal and do NOT want to open another account with them. I'd be interested in any comments from experienced sellers who have succeeded in selling online without using PayPal.

Thanks again.

I've been a seller/buyer on eBay for 5 years and they suspended my account because they say the product I'm selling is fake even thought i stated in the item description that it is not guaranteed real.

My Ebay store, CaratLuxe, was scheduled to have a big holiday sale starting today. When I started listing items (in the same category I have always sold in, fine jewelry) I was flagged for "suspicious activity." I only have one negative seller feedback recently because I had a family emergency and couldn't ship so I refunded the seller, but they left negative feedback. I also had a past negative feedback for stupidly taking a gamble and not shipping with tracking information. They said they never got the item, and I'll take that negative due to my own stupidity and write it off as a lesson learned. Otherwise, I have a few years track record with Ebay of excellent seller feedback and customer satisfaction, but now due to my "suspicious activity" and "being a threat to the Ebay community" I am banned from selling indefinitely.

I am a full-time student and new stay at home mom and full-time caregiver to a father with dementia and several other health issues. Having a "real" job at this point in my life is just not practical. Plus, I love my business. I created it, I have been successful and gained a loyal customer base, and I enjoy what I do. But a corporate giant like eBay decided to rip my little business out from under me. I put my hard work, time, energy, and money in to it, and they took away my only source of income at a whim, with no legitimate explanation. I never wanted to be part of eBay anyway - I've heard of other sellers having similar issues, and fully support small businesses with fair practices, not monopolies like eBay. But it seemed like there was no where else to go with the traffic needed for successful sales. I plan on joining YARDSELLR.com right now and continuing business as planned. eBay, this has only been a small bump in the road for my business. I won't let you take even a full day away from me, I'll just continue and do my best elsewhere and hope for the best. My business practices will speak for themselves, and you will eventually lose all of your sellers (which you seem to forget are truly the backbone of your company and support you through the increasingly ridiculous fees you and your partner in crime, PayPal, take from people).

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I agree with all the negative comments about eBay. In the beginning it was good until eBay sided with the scammers. Amazon is run by a bunch of hard nosed idiots. My ratings on both sites are 99.8%

I've done well over 20,000 transaction on eBay and due to unscrupulous competition they convinced eBay to restrict then suspend my account. It hurt but I'm getting back on my feet. Amazon was making well over $1200 per month in sales fees from my hard work. One got my account suspended indefinitely and kept my product. Never again will I deal with Amazon. I have my own web store independent of the sites... slow but there's movement. I'm in it for the long haul.

Ebay will become what General motors and Blackberry have become..... too big to care!

Enough of them.

I have sold on eBay for over 10 years too. They removed the ability to leave negative feedback for buyers so now buyers win, then leave negative feedback, and there is nothing we as sellers can do about it. One buyer didn't read the description... clearly stated on page, they left negative feedback, I fully refunded money and she kept item for free and still left negative feedback! They restricted my account due to buyers complain about paying shipping,,, I never over charged shipping. On one PayPal did not confirm payment so they suggested not to ship until cleared, now buyer complained about that too so I am now restricted, I called e-bay... a BIG guess what... They don't care. Shame on eBay, they got too big to care!

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Thanks for the other suggestions, a couple of corkers there.

I hate eBay sooo much. They are so rude and I also have no explanation as to why I am suspended. I wish that its competitors would up there game and knock eBay off its perch! I know that if I had the money I would do everything possible to do that!

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